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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued a summons to former First Lady Bushra Bibi to appear as a witness in the £190m Al-Qadir Trust corruption case.
The notice from the accountability bureau states that Bushra Bibi is required to appear at the NAB’s Rawalpindi office on June 7 at 11:00 am. It is important to note that she has been summoned as a witness and not as an accused in the case.
According to the amended National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), the NAB is obligated to specify whether a person has been summoned as an accused or as a witness. In this case, Bushra Bibi has been called as a witness, as indicated in the notice served to her.
The NAB has clarified to the court that there is no need for the arrest of the former first lady. However, she has been requested to bring the documents related to the Al-Qadir Trust when appearing before the NAB.
The NAB has also summoned the registration records of the Al-Qadir Trust, its approval from the Punjab Higher Education Commission, and details of donations made to the trust.
The £190m NCA scam pertains to an investigation launched by the NAB against PTI chief, Bushra Bibi, and others. They are being probed for the alleged acquisition of hundreds of canals of land in the name of Al-Qadir University Trust, which reportedly caused a loss of £190m to the national exchequer.
According to the charges, the former prime minister and other accused individuals are alleged to have misappropriated Rs50 billion (£190m at the time) sent by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the government.
The PTI chief established the Al-Qadir University Project Trust on December 26, 2019.
